brian@brianseitel.comm:~$
BOULDER, CO

BRIAN
SEITEL

CTO / Engineering Leader. Most recently VP Engineering at a Series B company, leading ~18 engineers across backend, frontend, devops, and AI/ML.

Brian Seitel
15 Years
75+ People Led
3 Acquisitions
Problems Solved

// TRACK RECORD

VP Engineering. Owned SOC2 compliance. Supported enterprise customers including FIFA, Target, CVS, L'Oréal, and Starbucks.
RESPONDOLOGY (SERIES B)
Led 35 engineers. Scaled the engineering org from 14 to 35.
MINTED
Scaled engineering from 12 to 50 through the Target acquisition.
SHIPT (ACQUIRED BY TARGET)
Engineering leadership through acquisition.
RENTJUICE (ACQUIRED BY ZILLOW)
Engineering leadership through acquisition.
GUIDEBOX (ACQUIRED BY REELGOOD)
Co-founder and CTO.
UNIVERSAL SEARCH

NOW

  • Writing about engineering leadership at blog.brianseitel.com →
  • Open to full-time CTO / VP Engineering roles
  • Developing hiring playbooks
  • Coaching engineers and engineering managers

PROJECTS

Holler

Low-pressure social hangout app connecting IRL friends for spontaneous meetups. Built from the ground up with Swift/SwiftUI and live in the App Store.

justhollerapp.com →

Fridays

A place for storytelling, sharing memories about life and hopes and dreams.

fridays.brianseitel.com →

AI Tools

Developing internal tools that leverage AI to speed up coding, automate testing, and generate documentation. Aiming to reduce development time by 30%.

LEADERSHIP

  • Org scaling: growing and structuring engineering teams across backend, frontend, devops, and AI/ML
  • Compliance & security: owned SOC2 compliance
  • Enterprise support: supported enterprise customers through engineering
  • Hiring: built and refined technical hiring processes at scale

// TECH STACK

GO KAFKA REACT NEXT.JS SWIFT SWIFTUI POSTGRESQL ELASTICSEARCH AWS MICROSERVICES SEARCH AI TOOLS GRAFANA FEATURE FLAGGING

// WHAT PEOPLE SAY

"What truly makes Brian special isn't how much he cares about the tech, it's how much he cares about the people. He never stops pushing his team to grow technically, professionally, and personally. He isn't afraid to make hard decisions if he knows it is in his engineers' best interest in the long term."

— Nick Guertsen, Director of Engineering, Shipt

"Brian is the rare combination of extremely intelligent, hard working, and easy to talk to. I've seen him tackle complex problems with utmost confidence, and come up with a solution that he could articulate simply. He is a great motivator, and he cares deeply about his teams. He's down to earth and always willing to lend a helping hand. It would truly be a shame not to work with Brian!"

— Elliot Potter, CEO of Linq (Seed Round)

"Brian grew our team from 2 to 25 engineers with zero turnover. His toolbox of strong business intelligence, effective leadership, and empathetic mentorship produced one of the highest performing teams in the company."

— Jeffrey Chang, Engineering Manager

"Brian very clearly stated his 5-year plan was to be running the department. I managed him for 3 years and watched him grow from managing 2 people to leading 25+ engineers. His radical candor was always received well and his team flourished as a result. His team was a reflection of him: high quality, dedicated, and always delivering results."

— Bryce Catlin, VP Engineering

"Indecision is worse than making the wrong choice. At least with action, you learn something."
— James S.A. Corey, The Expanse

// AWAY FROM KEYBOARD

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books
Playing Guitar
Running w/ Dog
Silly TikTok Videos

// GET IN TOUCH

Open to CTO and VP Engineering roles.

Boulder, Colorado · Mountain Time (GMT-7)

Writing about engineering leadership at blog.brianseitel.com →